The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) has charged Lee Jeong-seob, a Daejeon High Prosecutors' Office prosecutor, with illegally accessing and leaking criminal records of his brother-in-law’s housekeeper. This decision was made just a day before the statute of limitatio...
Kim & Chang Law Office (Chief Attorney Jung Gye-sung) noted on the 27th that it held the Korea-ASEAN Business Forum in partnership with Singapore UOB Bank and Samil on the 26th at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul. Last year, foreign direct investment (FDI) in ASEAN countries reached a record high of $230 b...
On the 28th, the court decided on the 27th that Young Poong could not exercise voting rights on the shares held by it during the Korea Zinc regular shareholders' meeting. According to this decision, Young Poong's 25.42% equity, held solely by Young Poong out of the 40.97% equity held by Young Poong ...
The Constitutional Court ruled that the legal provision requiring the cancellation of the taxi driver's private taxi license who was sentenced to a suspended sentence for the charge of retaliatory assault is constitutional. On the 27th, the Constitutional Court unanimously decided in the case filed ...
According to the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Public Prosecutors' Office, the person who reported the largest assets among high-ranking officials as of the end of last year was Byun Pil-gun, Deputy Minister for Planning and Coordination. Deputy Minister Byun said he holds assets worth 47.76 b...
On the 26th, the court acquitted Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, in the appeal trial for violations of the Public Official Election Act, prompting the prosecution to announce plans to file an appeal. That day, approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes after the appeal trial ve...
On the 26th, Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, was acquitted in the appeal trial of the election law violation case. On that day, the Seoul High Court ruled that Lee's statements claiming he 'did not know the late Kim Moon-ki, who was a key practitioner during his time as m...
The court will announce the verdict on the appeal for the public office election law violation case of Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party, at 2 p.m. on the 26th. Previously, in the first trial, Lee was sentenced to one year in prison with a two-year probation. If the same sentence is ...
As the wildfire in Uiseong, North Gyeongsang Province spread to Yeongdeok following Andong, Cheongsong, and Yeongyang, the Ministry of Justice's Correctional Headquarters completed preparations for the transfer of inmates at the North Gyeongsang Province Northern Prison (formerly Cheongsong Prison) ...
The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) assigned the investigation into the case where the opposition party reported Director General Sim Woo-jeong of the prosecution for abuse of power related to the release of President Yoon Suk-yeol to the 3rd Investigation Division (...
